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In the study of the spectrum of a subalgebraA ofC(X), whereX is a completely regular Hausdorff space, a key question is, whether each homomorphism ϕ:A→R has the point evaluation property for sequences inA, that is whether, for each sequence (f n ) inA, there exists a pointa inX such that ϕ(f n )=f n (a) for alln. In this paper it is proved that all algebras, which are closed under composition with functions inC ∞ (R) and have a certain local property, have the point evaluation property for sequences. Such algebras are, for instance, the spaceC m(E) (m=0,1,...,∞) ofC m-functions on any real locally convex spaceE. This result yields in a trivial manner that each homomorphism ϕ onA is a point evaluation, ifX is Lindelöf or ifA contains a sequence which separates points inX. Further, also a well known result as well as some new ones are obtained as a consequence of the main theorem.
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Biström, P., Bjon, S. & Lindström, M. Function algebras on which homomorphisms are point evaluations on sequences. Manuscripta Math 73, 179–185 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567637
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